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scatlond
26-01-2009, 08:09 PM
Gunmen open fire on checkpoint outside US Embassy in Yemen.
Sky News.
Scatlond,
Can't find anything about it - got a link? :)
bim11
26-01-2009, 09:06 PM
its live on sky news, maybe try the bbc news 24 hr thing?
Actually, it probably wont be on the BBC news due to http://i40.tinypic.com/8wmx6o.jpg impartiality reasons.
milone
26-01-2009, 09:07 PM
Can't find this story anywhere on the net......
fnulnu
26-01-2009, 09:10 PM
Can't find this story anywhere on the net......
http://news-en.trend.az/world/wnews/1408630.html
There are quite a few variations of the story up now.
free_soul
26-01-2009, 09:10 PM
its live on sky news, maybe try the bbc news 24 hr thing?
Actually, it probably wont be on the BBC news due to impartiality reasons.
love it ;)
just about to go look
spock
26-01-2009, 09:11 PM
http://www.newsnow.co.uk/h/?JavaScript=1&search=Yemen
http://news-en.trend.az/world/wnews/1408630.html
There are quite a few variations of the story up now.
Thank you. Some of us couldn't find anything on British and US news outlets.
forza nascosta
26-01-2009, 09:21 PM
its live on sky news, maybe try the bbc news 24 hr thing?
Actually, it probably wont be on the BBC news due to http://i40.tinypic.com/8wmx6o.jpg impartiality reasons.
I have been watching sky news on, I haven't seen anything about it :confused:
scatlond
26-01-2009, 09:23 PM
Seems to have just come and gone,...........more mis-news?
SAN’A, Yemen — Gunmen in a car fired on a police checkpoint near the U.S. Embassy in Yemen’s capital today, an Interior Ministry official said, hours after the embassy received threats of a possible attack.
Police returned fire at two gunmen in the car, which fled the scene, the official said. It was unclear if anyone was injured. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not allowed to speak to the press. He said three men in the area were detained.
An attack on the embassy in September involving gunmen and explosives-packed vehicles killed 17 people, including six militants. Al-Qaida later claimed responsibility for that attack.
A U.S. Embassy spokesman could not be reached for comment on tonight’s shooting.
Earlier, a Yemeni security official said the U.S. Embassy received a telephone call and an e-mail early today saying the U.S. and Russian embassies would be targeted by al-Qaida within a few hours.
The U.S. Embassy confirmed receiving a threat about a potential attack on its compound, and security measures were heightened in the capital, San’a. Attempts to contact the Russian Embassy were not successful.
U.S. Embassy spokesman Ryan Gliha said earlier in the day that the embassy was urging American citizens to exercise caution in Yemen. He said the embassy received a threat “regarding a possible attack that could take place in the foreseeable future” but gave no further details.
Throughout the day, police were seen setting up security checkpoints and turning back cars and pedestrians on two key streets heading toward the U.S. Embassy in eastern San’a. There were also checkpoints around the Russian Embassy in downtown San’a, but traffic was not disrupted.
The U.S. Embassy also issued a warden message to Americans in Yemen advising them to be cautious and take “prudent security measures in all areas frequented by Westerners.”
Yemen is the ancestral homeland of Osama bin Laden and has an active al-Qaida presence, despite government efforts to destroy the terror network, which has purportedly set up training camps in the country.
forza nascosta
26-01-2009, 09:24 PM
Seems to have just come and gone,...........more mis-news?
Hmm interesting. Did it come up on the ticker thing? I wasn't watching the screen.
scatlond
26-01-2009, 09:26 PM
Hmm interesting. Did it come up on the ticker thing? I wasn't watching the screen.
Yes.